Stocking-supporter



(No Model.)

L. D. DRAPER. STQGKING sUPPoRTBR.

Patented Oct. 19, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

LUCIUS DANA DRAPER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

STOCKlNG-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,915, dated October19, 1897. Appncaaon tied May 7,1897. serial No. 635,459. oro model.)

To all whom t may oon/cern:

Be it known that I, Lucius DANA DEAPEE, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an ImprovedStocking-Supporter, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis alengthwise section of one form of my improved stocking-supporter,enlarged for clearness, showing a portion of the stocking in place. Fig.2 is an elevation, and Fig. 3 a lengthwise section, omitting theholdingstud. Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4 of Fig. l. Figs. 5,' 6, 7,and 8 are like views of a modified form. Fig. 9 shows the sheet-metalblank used in one form, and Fig. l0 the sheet-metal blank used in theother form.

My invention is a stocking-supporter cornposed of a loop, a stud, asupporting-strap for the loop, and a stud-holding strap, on the familiarprinciple of the so-called Lindsay supporter, but with the addition of abox whose lower edge extends alongside of the loop and which is securedto the larger end only of the loop, which acts as a spring, the box andloop together acting as a springclamp, when in use, to hold' the loweredge of the box against the stocking, as is fully shown in Figs. l, 4,5, and 8.

In one form of my invention Athe stocking is clamped between the edge ofthe box and the stud-holding plate, as in Figs. 1 and 4, but in theother form the lower edge of the box is held down against the stockingand presses the stocking against the leg of the wearer.

The new features are that the loop A and box B are united only at thelarger end of the loop, and the loop slants, as shown in Figs. Sand 7,so that its small end is near to or against the inner surface of thebox; and when the stud I), with the stocking F over its head andconfined by the loop about its shank, is moved toward the small end ofthe loop A the slant of the loop will be reduced and the loop will actas a spring to embed the edge of the box into the stocking F, as will beclear from Figs. l, 4, 5, and 8.

In Lindsay supporters as heretofore made when the supporting-strap Gbecomes slack the loop will fall away from the stud, thus releasing thehold of the supporter upon the stocking; and while various plans forobviating this objection have been tried, I am the irst to combine a boxand a slanting loop secured together only at the large end of theslanting loop, leaving the free end of the loop free to act as a springand hold the `edge of the box always against the'stocking, therebyretaining the hold of the article upon the stocking when the supportingstrap G is slack. The spring action of the small end of the loop iscertain, for the reason that the loop and the box are secured togetheronly at'the large end of the loop, and the loop slants, as shown inFigs. l and 5, when in use. The box also has other advantages, as willbe plain; but in particular it prevents the small end of the loop fromcatching in the garments worn over the supporter, and enables the loopto be so much slanted that when the loop and box are united the free endof the loop will be in spring contact with the inner surface of the box,and this is important for the best results. A

One style of my supporters I -make from the blank shown in Fig. 9 and aloop A of wire, the box B being secured to the loop A andsupporting-strap G by bending the earl? over the cross-piece at thelarger end ofloop A, and bending the ears brbz over a fold in thesupporting-strap and over the upper side portions of loop A. Thestud-holding strap H is shown as one piece with the supportingstrap G,as that is the most convenient way of making it. The stud D and itsholdingplate d are of usual construction.

VIn the other style the blank shown in Fig. 10 is first formed and afterbeing stamped. the blank is bent near its middle and the upper end ofthe loop portion A is soldered or otherwise secured to the contiguouspart of the box B. The tumbling to smooth off the raw edges ispreferably done before the stamped blanks are bent.

What I claim as my invention is The improved stocking-supporter abovedescribed, comprising the box B and the loop A slanted as shown andsecured at its largerV end only to the box B; such box secured to thelarger end only of loop A; a supportingstrapG carrying the slanting loopand the box a stud-supporting strap H, and a stud D connected to thesupporting-strap G by the strap H; all combined and operating as and forthe purpose specified.

LUCIUS DANA DRAPER.

Witnesses:

ELP. GUrLLo, JOHN R. SNOW.

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